The report aims to clearly define what a DERMS is and what it should do based on research and interviews with industry leaders. As the report says: “This research note pries apart the acronyms to map the current state of distributed energy management technologies, their use cases, and the leading vendors.”

Bloomberg recognized EnergyHub as a leading provider of DERMS. The report noted that EnergyHub’s Mercury platform provides all of the core DERMS functions a utility would need, such as DER monitoring and forecasting, aggregator coordination, and DER optimization and dispatch. The report also highlighted the strength of Mercury’s customer enrollment capabilities.